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The Lesson of the Clothespin: Refusing to Discard the Broken Things in a Throwaway Culture

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than the wood itself.

The modern world is built on the philosophy of the second clothespin. It’s called planned obsolescence. Things are designed to fail so we keep buying. We accept that hinges crack, batteries die, and fabrics tear. But as I looked at Gable, cowering because he expected me to yell, I realized the neighbor was right about one thing:continue reading …

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